Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascade crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to western Nevada.

Habitat: Open wet area in subalpine and alpine marshes and seepages.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles

Stems erect, 0-1 leaves.

Basal leaves orbiculate-reniform to oblong. Margins mostly entire, sometimes crenate to dentate.

~15-40 millimeters in diameter. Sepals colored faintly, white to yellow. Sepals abaxially blue to dark violet.

Follicles; 4-15 linear-oblong bodies, style and stigma straight or curved slightly. Seeds elliptic. ~2 millimeters long